Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 84, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.78/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$119.78

82 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$19.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	125.64	633	25
Medium and Large 1	671	121.04	812	41
Small 1	569	107.96	614	10thin
Medium and Large 3	620	106.50	660	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about −$27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

119.78

—

VA average10 barns · 2,304 hd

138.35

−18.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small 1	—	745	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	723	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,007	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	690	4
Steers	Small 1	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Steers	Small 1	—	543	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	717	3
Steers	Small 1	—	635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	157.89/cwt	145.00–164.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	142.18/cwt	141.00–144.00	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	167.94/cwt	163.00–173.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,165	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	161.43/cwt	150.00–167.00	665	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	486	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	524	116.10/cwt	105.00–122.00	608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	118.49/cwt	106.00–125.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	131.80/cwt	126.00–138.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	682	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	542	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	683	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	749	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	532	117.88/cwt	99.00–127.00	627	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	474	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Wed Dec 7, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 164Last week 140Year ago 178

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 84, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	97.00	97.00
1	—	370	110.00	110.00
3	—	682	105.00	105.00
3	—	532	99.00–127.00	117.88
2	—	465	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	809	124.50	124.50
5	—	454	124.50	124.50
4	—	541	127.50	127.50
3	—	720	106.00–125.00	118.49
2	—	368	126.00–138.00	131.80
1	—	610	107.00	107.00
1	—	590	122.00	122.00
3	—	868	116.00	116.00
10	—	665	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	140.00	140.00
1	—	745	99.00	99.00
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
7	—	454	126.00	126.00
5	—	629	119.00	119.00
5	—	563	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	115.00	115.00
1	—	595	98.00	98.00
1	—	450	102.00	102.00
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
1	—	610	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	132.00	132.00
3	—	540	157.00	157.00
3	—	435	145.00–164.00	157.89
1	—	325	171.00	171.00
1	—	645	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	159.00	159.00
1	—	515	127.00	127.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
3	—	543	132.00	132.00
1	—	635	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	156.50	156.50
1	—	735	136.00	136.00
5	—	685	141.00–144.00	142.18
2	—	1,030	118.00	118.00
2	—	420	163.00–173.00	167.94
12	—	815	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	150.00–167.00	161.43
3	—	758	125.00	125.00
3	—	653	137.00	137.00
3	—	580	141.00	141.00
2	—	493	151.00	151.00
2	—	338	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	159.00	159.00
1	—	355	145.00	145.00
1	—	300	162.00	162.00
4	—	471	159.00	159.00
3	—	562	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	116.00	116.00
3	—	524	105.00–122.00	116.10

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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